I have been working on modifying the 707-tt to control the refueling boom and I would like to test the automatic tracking of the boom after making contact with an aircraft. On the ground with a slightly modified B-1B it works, but I want to see how it works in the air. This is just to test the behavior of the boom. I have not worked on the Pilot Director Lights and fuel flow negotiations yet. This is what I want to try:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... uxydM#t=25 (sorry, no youtube tag because it doesn't understand https and #t=)
So are you from Europe and have low latency connection (because otherwise there would be too much lag) and want to help test more realistic aerial refueling? Then it would be great if you could help tonight (maybe 1 hour somewhere between 1900 UTC and perhaps 2300 UTC).
Some requirements:
- It would be best if you're close to mpserver01 or mpserver12
- Can use Mumble for easier communication
- Have drunken enough coffee, no alcohol, and can do (or tries) close formation flying
- It is helpful if you're able to fly the B-1B (you need to grab my modified version)
- You need to be able to download (click a button) and install my modified 707-tt if you want to see the boom moving
- I have tested it with FG git, but 3.2 might work as well for the receiver aircraft
- You do not need to be able to fly the 707
- I cannot guarantee it's going to work because even on localhost you're going to get at least 0.5 seconds of lag, but if you don't try you won't know
I would also like to know how to get the autopilot of the 707 to work otherwise I need to trim it with the mouse
Some experiment where I used geo.put_model() to see if I could correctly locate the position of the end of the boom: